Originally Posted by
dixi188
I always thought Greenham Common would have been the perfect location for Heathrow's third runway. 12000ft long, far enough away to have a separate traffic pattern and an upgraded rail link to make it about 30mins away. ( It can take longer than that to get from one terminal to another).
All the Trans-Atlantic traffic could have moved there leaving Heathrow to deal with the rest of the world.
The Airports Commission examined, and then thoroughly demolished, the idea that transfer passengers (which account for about a third of total Heathrow traffic) could realistically arrive at one airport and depart from another.